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The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is the government’s statutory child maintenance service for calculating, collecting and paying out child maintenance payments.

Yes, you can apply for the early discharge of a supervision order. The application will only be accepted if the court...

A supervision order is a court order that states that children’s services have to “advise, assist and befriend” a child.

Under new divorce law (divorces happening from 06th April 2022 onwards), Yes, your spouse can divorce you even if you don't want a divorce.

The Family Court orders that there should be no contact or no direct contact between a parent and their child.

What are the reasons to stop child contact with the other parent?

The shared custody order is an order under the Child Act wherein it is ordered that the child lives with both the parents for a defined time

A contact centre refers to a safe and impartial place where children of separated parents can contact their grandparents, parents, uncles, a

Contents: How to Remove Father’s Name from the Birth Certificate? Who Can Apply to Remove Name on the Birth Certificate? Possible...

A drug test is required to safeguard a child and to assess the environment and living conditions that they will be exposed to.

Schedule 1 provides financial assistance for the benefit of the child from unmarried parents or cohabitants.

A Specific Issue Order is issued to resolve a disagreement between parents on any particular issue related to parental responsibility.

What are the implications of Ex-Parte Orders on the Respondent? There is no possible way to assess and measure psychological trauma.

An Emergency Residence Order is an order which is intended to protect the child from harm. They allow a change in residence of the child.

Contents: Emotional impacts of parents divorce on adolescents and children The different experience of divorce for teenagers and younger...

Prohibited steps order is a legal order in England that prohibits individuals from exercising some aspects of parenting

Parental Abduction occurs when a parent of a child takes them out of their country of habitual residence without the consent of the other pa

A care order is an order issued by the court in which the local authority is provided parental responsibility of the child,

The grandparent does not have any direct legal rights to see the grandchildren. But the court can grant permission to the grandparent to...

Who is a Special Guardian? A special guardian is a person who can take care of a child. But he/she won't be the child's birth parent. It...